29 Questions
IT projects use diverse technologies that change rapidly; even within one technology area, people must be highly ______
specialized
Organizations remain competitive by using outsourcing to their advantage, such as finding ways to reduce ______
costs
Their next challenge is to make strategic IT investments with outsourcing by improving their enterprise architecture to ensure that IT infrastructure and business processes are integrated and ______
standardized
Project managers should become more familiar with negotiating contracts and other ______ issues
outsourcing
Increasing competitiveness and responsiveness by having a team of workers available ______
24/7
Lowering costs because many virtual workers do not require office space or support beyond their home ______
offices
Organization Mentoring and coaching on ______ issues
leadership
Standards project effective and guidelines help managers be more ______
effective
A project life cycle is a collection of project phases that defines: What work will be performed in each ______
phase
A deliverable is a product or service produced or provided as part of a ______
project
In early phases of a project life cycle: Resource needs are usually ______
lowest
The final phase of a project life cycle focuses on: Ensuring that project requirements were ______
met
Agile Development is more ______-focused and produces less documentation.
code
Lack of ______ and governance.
structure
Only senior programmers are capable of making the kind of decisions required during the ______ process.
development
A project should successfully pass through each of the project phases in order to continue on to the ______.
next
IT project team members often have diverse backgrounds and ______ sets.
skill
The result is a value chain linking a product attribute to its functional consequence, to the psychosocial (or emotional) consequence, to the underlying personal value. Project work is most successful in an organizational culture where these items are strong/high and other items are balanced. Project managers must take time to identify, understand, and manage relationships with all project stakeholders. Using the four frames of organizations can help meet stakeholder needs and expectations. Senior executives/top management are very important stakeholders. People in top management positions are key stakeholders in projects. A very important factor in helping project managers successfully lead projects is the level of commitment and support they receive from top management. Without top management commitment, many projects will fail. Some projects have a senior manager called a champion who acts as a key proponent (Supporter) for a project.
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Project managers must take time to identify, understand, and manage relationships with all project stakeholders. Using the four frames of organizations can help meet stakeholder needs and expectations. Senior executives/top management are very important stakeholders. People in top management positions are key stakeholders in projects. A very important factor in helping project managers successfully lead projects is the level of commitment and support they receive from top management. Without top management commitment, many projects will fail. Some projects have a senior manager called a champion who acts as a key proponent (Supporter) for a project.
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People in top management positions are key stakeholders in projects. A very important factor in helping project managers successfully lead projects is the level of commitment and support they receive from top management. Without top management commitment, many projects will fail. Some projects have a senior manager called a champion who acts as a key proponent (Supporter) for a project.
Projects
A very important factor in helping project managers successfully lead projects is the level of ______ and support they receive from top management. Without top management ______, many projects will fail. Some projects have a senior manager called a champion who acts as a key proponent (Supporter) for a project.
commitment
Some projects have a senior manager called a champion who acts as a key proponent (Supporter) for a project.
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2.Providing adequate resources Approving unique project needs in a timely manner 3.Getting cooperation from other parts of the
organization
Maintenance: The software is maintained to ensure that it continues to meet the customer’s needs and expectations. Design and Implementation are considered to be the central activities in the software process. The design and Implementation phase also incorporates other activities such as requirements elicitation and testing. In an agile approach, iteration occurs across activities. The allocation of requirements and the design planning and development as executed in a series of increments. An agile process focuses more on code development rather than ______.
documentation
Let’s go through an example to understand clearly how agile works. A Software company named ABC wants to make a new web browser for the latest release of its operating system. The deadline for the task is 10 months. The company’s head assigned two teams named Team A and Team B for this task. To motivate the teams, the company head says that the first team to develop the browser would be given a salary hike and a one-week full-sponsored travel plan. With the dreams of their wild travel fantasies, the two teams set out on the journey of the web browser. Team A decided to play by the book and decided to choose the Waterfall model for the development. Team B after a heavy discussion decided to take a leap of faith and choose Agile as their development ______.
model
Let’s go through an example to understand clearly how agile works. A Software company named ABC wants to make a new web browser for the latest release of its operating system. The deadline for the task is 10 months. The company’s head assigned two teams named Team A and Team B for this task. To motivate the teams, the company head says that the first team to develop the browser would be given a salary hike and a one-week full-sponsored travel plan. With the dreams of their wild travel fantasies, the two teams set out on the journey of the web browser. Team A decided to play by the book and decided to choose the Waterfall model for the development. Team B after a heavy discussion decided to take a leap of faith and choose Agile as their development ______.
model
Maintenance: The software is maintained to ensure that it continues to meet the customer’s needs and expectations. Design and Implementation are considered to be the central activities in the software process. The design and Implementation phase also incorporates other activities such as requirements elicitation and testing. In an agile approach, iteration occurs across activities. The allocation of requirements and the design planning and development as executed in a series of increments. An agile process focuses more on code development rather than ______.
documentation
Maintenance: The software is maintained to ensure that it continues to meet the customer’s needs and expectations. Design and Implementation are considered to be the central activities in the software process. The design and Implementation phase also incorporates other activities such as requirements elicitation and testing. In an agile approach, iteration occurs across activities. The allocation of requirements and the design planning and development as executed in a series of increments. An agile process focuses more on code development rather than ______.
documentation
Maintenance: The software is maintained to ensure that it continues to meet the customer’s needs and expectations. Design and Implementation are considered to be the central activities in the software process. The design and Implementation phase also incorporates other activities such as requirements elicitation and testing. In an agile approach, iteration occurs across activities. The allocation of requirements and the design planning and development as executed in a series of increments. An agile process focuses more on code development rather than ______.
documentation
Test your knowledge about project life cycle phases and deliverables, including understanding what work will be performed in each phase, what deliverables will be produced, who is involved, and how management controls and approves work. This quiz covers essential concepts for effective project management.
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